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15 more bodies found in Atlantic Air France crash (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2009 05:44 PM PDT

In this photo released by Brazil's Air Force, officers recover debris belonging to the Air France Flight 447 in the Atlantic Ocean, Sunday, June 7, 2009. Four more bodies were found Sunday bobbing in the ocean near the spot where an Air France jet is believed to have crashed a week ago, bringing the total number of bodies plucked from the water to six, Brazil's military said. (AP Photo/Brazil's Air Force)AP - Search ships methodically worked through a "sea of debris" from a doomed Air France jet Sunday, recovering 15 more bodies near the spot where the Airbus A330 is believed to have gone down a week ago.

Conservatives score wins in EU parliament voting (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2009 05:29 PM PDT

A man watches an election program on a large screen outside the European Parliament building in Brussels, Sunday, June 7, 2009. The make-up of the European Parliament is thought to have shifted towards the centre right of the parliamentary spectrum in early results, but ballots are still being counted. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)AP - Conservatives scored victories in some of Europe's largest economies Sunday as voters punished left-leaning parties in European parliament elections in France, Germany and other nations.

Lebanon's pro-Western majority declares victory (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2009 04:51 PM PDT

A car passes by a Lebanese woman supporter of the Free Patriotic Movement of Christian opposition leader Michel Aoun as she wears a shirt with a writing in French: 'be beautiful and vote,' in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, June 7, 2009. Lebanese streamed to their hometowns on the Mediterranean coast and high in the mountains Sunday to vote in a crucial election that could unseat a pro-Western government and install one dominated by the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah. (AP Photo / Hussein Malla)AP - Lebanon's pro-Western coalition declared victory early Monday, as local television stations reported the faction had successfully fended off a serious challenge by the Shiite militant group Hezbollah and its allies to grab the majority in parliament.

Britain's Brown faces showdown with rebels (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2009 03:53 PM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown attends a meeting in Stratford, east London where he spoke with local Labour Party activists Sunday June 7, 2009. A top deputy to Britain's troubled Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Sunday warned lawmakers seeking his ouster to end their rebellion — or risk making the situation of the governing Labour Party more tenuous. Business Secretary Peter Mandelson, appearing on the BBC's Andrew Marr talk show, urged party dissidents to think about the consequences of an ugly leadership battle. The tussle comes as voters are punishing Labour lawmakers for abusing their expense claims in a scandal that has shaken the government. (AP Photo/ Stefan Rousseau/PA)AP - Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown heads into a key showdown Monday with rebel lawmakers after projections that his governing Labour Party has produced its worst-ever results in European and local elections.

Some militants respond positively to Obama speech (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2009 12:57 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama, center, tours the Sultan Hassan Mosque along with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, behind center, in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, June 4, 2009. At left is Iman Abdel Fateh and right is Dr. Zahi Hawass. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - From Lebanese guerrillas to Saudi preachers, Islamic extremists have warned followers not to be taken in by President Barack Obama's conciliatory words — a sign that some may be nervous about losing support if animosity toward the U.S. fades.

North Korea Wipes Out Iran (from the World Cup) (Time.com)

Posted: 07 Jun 2009 03:50 AM PDT

Time.com - In Pyongyang on Saturday, North Korea and Iran played to a goalless tie, essentially dashing Iran's hopes to make it to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa

Britain's Labour party pummeled in Europe vote (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jun 2009 06:05 PM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown listens during a meeting with Labour activists in Stratford, east London June 7, 2009. REUTERS/Stefan Rousseau/PoolReuters - Support for Britain's ruling Labour Party plunged to its lowest level in a century in European elections on Sunday, prompting fresh calls for Prime Minister Gordon Brown to step down.

Iraqis detain 5 US contractors in Baghdad (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2009 05:01 PM PDT

A US soldier patrols south of Baghdad in March 2008. An American soldier died following a grenade attack on his patrol in northern Iraq's tense city of Kirkuk.(AFP/File/Ali Yussef)AP - Five U.S. contractors have been detained in the investigation of the slaying of another American in Baghdad's Green Zone, officials said Sunday, in what may become the first case of U.S. citizens facing Iraqi justice under a security agreement that took effect this year.

Mexican day care deaths stir anger at safety rules (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2009 06:02 PM PDT

The family of 2-year-old Camila Fuentes Cervera, who died during a fire in a day care center, attends her funeral at a cemetery in Hermosillo, Mexico, Saturday, June 6, 2009. A fire killed 38 children in the day care center in northern Mexico despite desperate attempts of firefighters and a father who crashed his pickup truck through the wall to rescue babies, toddlers and others trapped inside. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)AP - As the day care swiftly filled with smoke, caretakers, neighbors and parents fought to evacuate 142 children — many of them babies and toddlers — through a single working exit until rescue crews arrived.

Mugabe launches new African trade pact (AFP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2009 03:28 PM PDT

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe is pictured at the two-day African trade summit Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) in Victoria Falls, to approve a free customs union. Mugabe on Sunday launched a new pact aimed at tearing down trade barriers across 19 African nations with appeals for external investors and an end to domestic conflicts.(AFP/Desmond Kwande)AFP - Robert Mugabe on Sunday launched a new pact aimed at tearing down trade barriers across 19 African nations with appeals for external investors and an end to domestic conflicts.

Swine flu leaves US mayor quarantined in China (AFP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2009 05:39 PM PDT

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, seen here, was being held in a hotel in Shanghai, after a fellow passenger on his flight to China fell ill with a suspected case of swine flu, US media reported(AFP/Mandel Ngan)AFP - The mayor of New Orleans, Ray Nagin, was being held in a hotel in Shanghai, after a fellow passenger on his flight to China fell ill with a suspected case of swine flu, US media reported.

Liberals hold narrow opinion poll lead (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jun 2009 12:04 AM PDT

Reuters - The federal Liberals hold a narrow lead over the Conservatives, but neither party has a good chance of winning a majority government in a new election, according to two polls published on Saturday.

Indian students rally in Sydney (AFP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2009 01:17 AM PDT

Indian students rally against racism in Sydney. Scores of Indian students marched through central Sydney Sunday to protest recent attacks that have generated outrage on the subcontinent and become a diplomatic headache for Australia.(AFP/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - Scores of Indian students marched through central Sydney Sunday to protest recent attacks that have generated outrage on the subcontinent and become a diplomatic headache for Australia.

Lebanon's pro-Western parties appear to defeat Hezbollah coalition (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 07 Jun 2009 04:18 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BEIRUT - Lebanon's ruling pro-Western coalition appeared headed for a decisive political victory over its Iranian-backed Hezbollah rivals early Monday in the Middle East nation's most fiercely contested parliamentary election in decades.

European Parliament vote: Extreme right poised to gain ground (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Europe is bracing for a lurch toward populist, anti-European parties of the right this weekend as the world's biggest transnational elections unfold across 27 countries.

When a 'Chosen' Tibetan Lama Says No Thanks (Time.com)

Posted: 07 Jun 2009 03:50 AM PDT

Time.com - The abdication of a 'reincarnated' Tibetan lama highlights the less than magical side of Buddhist succession

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